Blooming sunshine
Characters: man, woman, bald boy
The vicious sunshine burned the earth, and the man walked hard on the land . He walked to a hut made of thatch at one end, stood still, wiped his sweat, walked quietly to the window, and peeked into the house secretly.
Inside the house, the woman was working non-stop (sweeping the floor, fetching clothes to mend, and wiping sweat with her sleeves from time to time. When she bent down, she accidentally slipped, and the boy came over to help her. After that, the boy continued to return Go to the stove to light the fire.) The woman suddenly turned around, stopped, gently pulled the boy who was lighting the fire to her side, and wiped the sweat on his forehead distressedly.
Woman: "Good boy, take a rest. Mom will do the work, don't tire you."
Boy: (Seriously) "Mom, you are too tired. You'll get sick. I can help you."
Woman: (with tears in her eyes) "My child, you are so sensible. I'm sorry for not being able to give you a happy life. At home."
Boy: (raising his face, seriously) "Mom, I'm not afraid, as long as I can be with you."
The woman held the boy in her arms. He touched the boy's head lovingly.
Boy: (Suddenly stared out the window in confusion) "Mom, there seems to be someone outside."
The man outside the window quickly dodged.
Woman: (Looking out the window, no one is there) "It's so far away from the village, (laughing casually) How can there be anyone? There must be a hare running over. Okay, mother, go to the ground I'm weeding here, stay home, don't go out and don't open the door if a stranger comes, be obedient, wait for my mother to come back and put some corn cakes to satisfy your craving."
The boy nodded. The woman pushed the door open.
When he saw the woman coming out, the man hid on the side of the house. When the woman walked away, the man returned to the door, wiped his sweat, took a breath, and knocked on the door.
Man: "Is there anyone there?"
Boy: "Who are you looking for?"
Man: "I...I'm lost, can you give it to me?" A bowl of water?"
Boy: "Mom said you can't open the door to strangers, for fear of being a bad person. (touching his head, confused) Who are you?"
Man: "I...not."
Boy: "As long as you're not a bad person." (Open the door and look the man up and down)
The man's eyes glanced at the door Stump, walk over and sit down.
Man: (Calming himself down) "I'm lost, can you give me a bowl of water."
The boy brought the water, and the man drank it all and wiped his mouth with satisfaction.
Man: "Are you alone at home? Where is your mother?"
Boy: "She just left and went to weed the fields. She won't be back until later. My mother said the sunshine It's very poisonous and can kill the weeds we just removed. My mother will pick up a basket full of pigweed on her way back... My mother said that she would put corn cakes on them for me after she came back. After dinner, she would have to feed the pigs or go to the garden. Watering vegetables...except for sleeping, she has no time at all...I want to help my mother cook, but I don't know how, I can only help her light the fire..."
Man: "So much work, Your mother..."
Boy: (not waiting for the man to finish) "My mother has been very tired for a day. She said a few days ago that she has aged very fast in the past few years."
Man: "How old are you this year? 11 years old?"
Boy: (staring at the man) "How do you know I am 11 years old?"
The man leaned forward and stretched out his hand to think Touch the boy's head.
Boy: (jumping away warily) “I don’t know you.
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Man: (laughing awkwardly, retracting his hand) “Why don’t you live in the village?” ”
Boy: “I originally lived in the village, but then my father ran away, so we moved to the mountains... My mother said that she couldn’t hold her head up in the village, and everyone was behind her. Pointing... My father fought with others and maimed them... He ran away..."
Man: "Your father ran away, what does it have to do with your mother? ”
Boy: “Of course it does matter, he is a mother’s man!” (Dissatisfied) Mom said that his crime would be punishable by three years at most. If he had dared to bear the responsibility, he would have been released by now... But he ran away. He is afraid of going to jail. He doesn’t want his mother, he doesn’t want me anymore… His mother said he is not a man, he is not worthy of being a man…”
Man: (avoiding the boy’s gaze) “Do you know your father? ”
Boy: “I don’t know him. I was only one year old when he ran away... I can’t remember what he looked like.” ”
Boy: (taking the empty bowl handed over by the man) “Do you want more?” "
The man nodded and watched the boy return to the house and sit down on the tree stump. He took the bowl handed over by the boy, drank all the water, and placed the empty bowl on the tree stump.
Man: "You and your mother, do you plan to live like this? "
Boy: (raising his head) "Mom said I would wait for dad here..."
Man: "But he ran away. He was afraid of going to jail, so he ran away... You and your mother... can you still wait for him? ”
Boy: “I don’t know. Neither my mother nor I know. But my mother said that if we wait here, there is hope. If he really comes back, if he doesn't even have a home when he comes back, he will definitely continue to flee. "
Man: (leaning forward) "Does that mean you and your mother still care about him? ”
Boy: “Yes, he is not my father now, nor my mother’s man, (seriously) but if he comes back, I think my mother and I will forgive him.” "
The man was silent for a long time, and the sun was still glaring.
Man: (lowered) "Can I drink another bowl of water?" "
He followed the boy into the house.
Boy: "Did you see it? On the stove, there is a sunshine flower. "
Man: "One? ”
Boy: “Yes, that’s what mother said.” My mother said that the sunshine comes one by one. When we gather together and hug each other, they become one piece and there is spring. Separate and become one flower after another, there is winter. The flowers gather together one by one, just like people in the world, like home. "
The boy handed the bowl filled with water to the man. The man's eyes became extremely gentle, and the hand holding the bowl trembled unnoticeably.
Boy: "Mom also said , this sunshine that climbed onto the stove will one day shine on my father’s face. "
After the man drank the water, he squatted down, looked at the boy's face carefully, and shed tears. Choking, he took out a photo from his arms and gave it to the boy. (There were young men and women in the photo, aged (young boy)
Man: "From now on, you and your mother don't have to worry anymore... But you have to wait for me for at least three years. "
The man pushed the door open and walked out of the house into the sunshine.
The boy watched his figure disappearing in confusion. The woman wiped her sweat and opened the door.
Boy: “Mom, you are back. Just now a man came to our house to drink water. "
Woman: (somewhat reproachfully) "Didn't I tell you not to open the door to strangers? Why are you disobedient! "
Boy: (aggrievedly) "He...he said he was not a bad person. ”
Woman: (the tone becomes gentle) “Silly boy, just believe him when he says he is not a bad person. ”
Boy: “By the way, mother, he also gave me a photo.” After that, we no longer have to worry about anything. "(Hand over the photo)
The woman took the photo, and her expression became surprised after reading it.
Woman: (anxiously, ran out and looked around) "Where are the others, where are they going? The direction has gone, are you still there? ”
Boy: (confused) “He has been gone for a while.”
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Woman: (shaking her head regretfully, pretending to be calm) "Do you know who the people in the photo are. "
The boy shook his head in confusion.
Woman: "Oh, my mother is so old that she doesn't even recognize her own son, and so does your fleeing father. Being outside is not as good as being at home. "(Pause, suddenly excited) "Your father is finally willing to come back. ”
Boy: “Dad is back?” ”
Woman: “Well, I’m back.” The man who came just now is your father. ”
Boy: “Is he the father?” No wonder he knew how old I was. Mom, it’s great, (july) I finally see my dad! We can finally be together and go back to live in the village without fear of being bullied. I can also carry a new schoolbag to school like other friends. ”
Woman: “My child, your father has figured it out and is willing to come back.” Mom can finally give you a complete home and let you live a good life. The sunflowers on our stove can finally bloom as brightly as other people’s homes. After all these years... (choking) Mom is also a woman, and she also wants to have a shoulder to lean on, and she also wants to live a good life for two days..."
The woman took the boy into her arms, Looking at the sunshine on the stove, my eyes turned red and I smiled happily.
End